A thief who stole a nurse’s purse from a hospital is back behind bars after a shoplifting spree.
Shaun Clare, 33, of Victoria Road, Widnes, appeared at North Cheshire Magistrates’ Court in Warrington last Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to three counts of theft and one of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) by entering Holland and Barrett, which he was banned from doing. He was jailed for 16 weeks and ordered to pay compensation equal to the value of the stolen items.
A fourth count of theft over an incident was withdrawn. Court papers said Clare had a “flagrant disregard for people and their property” and a “horrendous record” of similar offences.
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He was also subject to prison recall.
The guilty pleas related to three thefts in Widnes.
On September 5, Clare swiped two boxes of apple cider vinegar tablets worth £35.98 from The Healthy Option store.
That same day he made off with seven jars of coffee worth £25.83 from Today’s Extra, returning to the same store on September 23 when he stole £22.88 of cheese.
Clare was previously jailed in April after going on a spending spree with a nurse’s bank card that was in a purse he stole from a nurse’s station at Warrington Hospital on Tuesday, April 26.
He was arrested and charged with non-dwelling burglary and three counts of fraud by false representation, in addition to a range of other unrelated crimes including breaching a CBO, shoplifting, two counts of vehicle interference, and another non-dwelling burglary.
On April 28 he was jailed for 36 weeks and ordered to pay compensation and a £156 victim surcharge.
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